I hope you have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!
I invite you to come to Messiah to celebrate the beginning of advent:
What is Advent?
As we begin the Christian year, we also celebrate the holy season known as Advent. It is a time when we prepare ourselves for the coming of our Messiah. Advent means "coming." We celebrate these days of Advent in expectation and preparation for Christ's arrival.
Through the centuries, Christians have observed a time of waiting and expectation before celebrating the birth of the Savior at Christmas. The Advent season is a time for reflection and preparation, but its mood is joyful. Advent has been enriched by Christian tradition to reflect its distinctive Christian meaning. It proclaims the revelation of God's love as expressed in Christ's birth in a humble stable, His sacrificial death on the cross, and His victorious resurrection! It points to the hope of Christ's coming again as the King of kings and Lord of lords. Advent makes innkeepers out of all of us, asking each of us to make room for the arrival of Christ the King. Let us, prepare room for Christ in our hearts, our lives, and our homes!
We offer Christmas at Home at Messiah -an afternoon filled with ways to prepare for Christmas!From 3-5 We’ll have Advent Workshops (gingerbread houses, snippets, gum drop tress, advent wreathes, etc.) followed by our crock pot pot-luck!
Bring something in the crock pot to share or bring a yummy dessert!
Come then to worship with our Hanging of the Greens and prepare the church and your heart for Christmas!
Afterwards, we’ll enjoy hot cocoa and watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas!"
Below are some pictures of Christmas at Home last year at Messiah! I hope you'll be able to join us this year!
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